DIIV frontman Zachary Cole Smith may be taking this whole Kurt Cobain fetishization a little bit too far. The Daily Freeman reports that Smith and his girlfriend and frequent collaborator Sky Ferreira were both arrested in Saugerties, New York on Friday night. The charges were all misdemeanors, but Smith had “plastic bag containing 42 decks of heroin,” or $420 worth.

As Pitchfork points out, the charges are as follows: “criminal possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest” for Ferreira and “two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, one count of possession of stolen property and one count of aggravated unlicensed driving” and also “violations of unregistered motor vehicle, driving without insurance, unlicensed driver, and having an inadequate exhaust system” for Smith. Their truck was pulled over after Smith, who was driving, made several infractions, and police found out that he had an outstanding vehicle and traffic warrant, and the tags on his truck were stolen. Ferreira had ecstasy on her.

The two were released on bail, and the very next night, DIIV performed at BasilicaSoundScape, a small music festival in Hudson, New York that former Stereogum dude Brandon Stosuy helped put together. Ferreira joined DIIV onstage for a cover of Cat Power’s “Nude As The News“; check out a video of that performance below.

That video makes something very clear: These two are extremely talented. Here’s hoping they stay safe and take care of themselves.

UPDATE: Zachary Cole Smith tweeted this Monday afternoon:

what you're reading is a police blotter, not the outcome of a court case. these cops wanted to fuck us, and they did. sky did nothing wrong.

I’m less worried about the heroin than the fact this motherfucker didn’t have a driver’s license –– given that he’s apparently really bad at driving and all. Do the rest of the population a solid and hit up a driver’s ed class, ok?

But seriously, though I wish these kids well and stuff, this Zachary Cole Smith is kind of a hilarious joke of a person. Did anyone else read that Pitchfork interview he did a few months back? Oh man… that thing’s off the charts on the unintentional comedy scale. Also there’s this wonderful quote I just found on DIIV’s Wikipedia page: “everybody in the band is a water sign, that’s kind of why the name Dive really spoke to us all.” …. and I’m dying of laughter.

It doesn’t matter what a rock band is doing stylistically. I enjoy the watershed moments in rock, but really, there are maybe five of them. 99% of the time it’s about, “How good are these songs?” Not that I’m in love with DIIV…see below.

To be clear: I don’t have a problem necessarily with showcasing one’s influences; a lot of people do it. But when there’s a lack of anything new and creative brought to the table, the easiest criticism is to say they’re just ripping off a sound and doing little else, because that’s ultimately what it is. Every song on DIIV’s album sounds exactly the same to me. Exceptions are always to be made though, if someone can write a good song, and I’m not deaf to that. Like I said, they’re not terrible.

But either way, greater efforts should be made by bands to establish their own unique voices, and not the voices of “everyone else.”

Okay, I have a few things to say. First of all, since when is heroin possession a misdemeanor? Second, shouldn’t DIIV’s music be a lot better than it is before things like this start happening? Third, Mr. Cobain would never wear a denim shirt. Get it together, kid.

This takes nothing away from their music, but who else saw this drug-fueld trainwrecking coming? It was inevitable. What worries me is their relationship. Zach says Sky saved his life, but these two seem way too co-dependent on each other that it makes you fear what might happen if anything ever falls apart between the two or if their extreme co-dependence will only exasperate destructive situations like this. I didn’t even know people still did heroin. One junkie can easily bring down the other, but let’s hope both take better care of themselves instead of going down a dark road together.

Actually, I shouldn’t give Sky so much credit. It’s Blood Orange, Ariel Rechstaid and Jon Brion who should get most of the credit for her sound and career. They could have written those songs for any other indie-fied pop star and probably still have them work.

That’s not fair. Sky’s name is credited as a co-writer on every song that those guys are. She’s been fighting all of this time to not be looked at as the face of other people’s music, but as an actual artist with a vision and a say in what’s going on. She hates when Dev performs “Everything Is Embarrassing” without her, and it’s these precise reasons why that song isn’t on her album. Try not to be fooled by her beginnings as a “label manufactured pop tart”.

Give her some credit. She’s no Fiona Apple, but she’s not fucking Milli Vinilli either (shoutout to Milli Vinilli).

In fairness it was a live performance, but some of her singing sounded like Ashlee Simpson. I havn’t checked out their studio stuff. Drugs destroy, kids. That’s the truth. Hope they don’t go down that ghost train and ruin their careers and lives.

Saw Sky Ferreria once. ONCE. One of the worst shows I’ve ever seen. Granted the potential is kinda low on her to begin with, but the word over-rated barely begins to describe her. The music landscape is a little prettier (funny enough) when she stays silent.

I grew up right across the river from Saugerties, and I think it’s fair to say that this dude is a grade-A dumbass. Doing all of this stupid stuff (false license, resisting arrest, stolen plates), and then recklessly driving? How else do you expect small-town cops to react? He’s now entering WAVVES levels of stupidity.

First of all, how the fuck is 42 decks of heroine not a fucking felony? By weight, or as possession with intent to sell? I guarantee you if a black man, or ANYONE in a bad neighborhood of a large inner city, was caught with 42 dime bags of WEED they’d have the book thrown at them. So I’m calling hypocritical, bassackwards, bullshit on this one.

Second, officially, fuck these people! My first response was going to be, “what is Stereogum’s fascination with these people?” Meaning, this couple – I don’t even know who Sky Ferreira is apart from being some woman that a Stereogum contributor obviously has some infatuation with, so they post about her whenever possible. Anyway, I digress, so let me get back to, fuck these people! They aren’t special, or interesting, or, as far as I can tell, even very talented. So they can take their heroine glamorization and just fuck all the way off.

Right? Logic says this should be the end of their careers, but who the hell knows anymore. They’ll probably be given a slap on the wrist or an obligatory rehab run. Smith and Ferreira will then both lie through their teeth and say they’re clean and that they’ve learned their lesson. You can NEVER trust a heroin addict (at least in my experience with one).

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